News in Shotley Peninsula

A new young couple have taken over at a Holbrook pub.

Jo Matthews and Adam Climie are aiming to reopen the Swan in the first week of December after recently taking over the pub, which was closed and put up for sale by Calvors in March.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 06:47

Spring Lodge carers, staff and residents were in the pink as they raised money for charity.

The Woolverstone facility and other Kingsley homes joined in the fundraiser for Breast Cancer Research by asking staff and residents to join in the national 'Wear it Pink' day and raised more than £50 just at Spring Lodge.

Holbrook Compasses have called time on the pub and will be shouting last orders for the final time on Sunday, November 15.

In a short message last night Clare Ling, Compasses manager, announced the closure and added she, Ken and Gavin would miss all their loyal customers.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 06.46

People on the Shotley peninsula can today have their say on plans for a 'healing' woodland space in memory of those who died from Covid-19, with a new survey having been launched in Suffolk and council chiefs behind the scheme say the potential locations are to be identified in the new year.

In July Suffolk County Council unanimously agreed to establish 'healing woods' in the county which would enable people who lost loved ones to Covid-19 a space to grieve or reflect on the pandemic.

A family friendly executive taxi firm based on the Shotley peninsula has scooped the prestigious UK Enterprise Award for Best Executive Travel Services Provider - East Anglia, in the SME 2020 awards.

Elite Travel Ltd won the accolade after judges were impressed by the small firm which specialises in providing luxury car driven services at affordable prices specialising in long distance transfers, particularly to airports, seaports and events around the UK.

A watercolour depicting an iconic peninsula scene by a Suffolk artist is among the lots in the online Ed Sheeran: Made in Suffolk Legacy Auction.

James Chambury's oil painting 'Sunday Morning on the Hard Pin Mill' is lot number 141 in the auction, and comes with a hardback copy of the book 'James Chambury - Light & Shade' written by his daughters Louise and Nicola.

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Today's Peninsula sunrise: 06.44

The Lasan Indian takeaway and chip shop is offering free meals to the children of families struggling during the October half term.

Mohammed Ali who owns the popular takeaway in Kingsland, Shotley is offering a choice of either vegetable or chicken korma with pillau rice, or a small portion of fish and chips, from tomorrow (Wednesday) and Thursday of Friday this week.